What an awesome sense of relief and, well, “fresh air” we seem to be returning to, considering the previous [always] political system we continued to find ourselves within. I am never quite sure if the newer one is real yet, but I like this one much better than the former. It was basically one year…
Category: Movies
Chloé Inheriting the Universe, While Best Actress a Toss Up and a Move on Georgia
Sooo! At this point, you [hopefully] didn’t miss any of the news that Chlóe Zhao is on point to become the second female and first Asian woman ever to potentially win the Best Directing Academy Award in its nearly-93-year history. Here is DGA link:https://www.nextbestpicture.com/latest/the-2021-directors-guild-of-america-dga-winners Now, Best Actress is the biggest lottery in years! Seriously. Andra…
…and so the Noms Shall be Here by Morning!
The official 93rd nominations will be posted tomorrow morning and updated LIVE, once announced by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas in the stream above! https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/93rd_oscars_noms_announcement.pdf Performance by an actor in a leading role Riz Ahmed in “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios) Chadwick Boseman in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) Anthony Hopkins in “The Father”…
Subsequent Borats, Women Directors & Oscarnom Predix
Alright, alright, alright — the 2021 Golden Globe noms came out this morning. We have the for the first time ever, a majority of women directors nominated in the field! Technically, due to the pandemic (or not?), there were even more available and winning other festivals — take Kelly Reichardt for First Cow; Eliza Hittman…
Four New Years Preserved After Concluding Nixon 2.0
The past four years have truly been practicing chaos theory, with many devastating consequences. It’s more than just hypothesis of “a butterfly flaps its wings” and you’d get a hurricane resultantly arriving in New York. No, this past presidency ended yesterday with at least 400,000 citizens dead from COVID-19, still at 545 caged children who…
Revisiting Not Another Vlog and Feeling Directing Power of Chloé Zhao
It now is the so-called start of “awards season” despite this continued worldwide pandemic. Nonetheless, there is one film in particular that truly seems thus far to stand out for its stellar directing qualities: Nomadland, directed by Chloé Zhao. Her first (previous) film was The Rider, which I felt deeply from my personal background of…
NOH8: Is It Real Now — 2020 Edition
A music video of sorts, this compilation considers the current American status of gay marriage in 2020, as well as acceptance in general for the LGBTQ community. A significant update to the original 2011 version that started it all. #NOH8 #WeddingMusicVideo #WalkingOnADream © directorG Media & Thomas Productions, 2020
100K on Memorial Day: Bleaches Spliced
Unlike in the last few infographics, which state by May 14th, CDC reported that there were 83,947 dead Americans, we have now reached a whopping 100K.
